TY - BOOK
DB - /z-wcorg/
DP - http://worldcat.org
ID - 72002732
LA - English
T1 - Different daughters : a history of the Daughters of Bilitis and the rise of the lesbian rights movement
AU - Gallo, Marcia M.
PB - Carroll & Graf Publishers
CY - New York
Y1 - 2006///
SN - 0786716347 9780786716340 1580052525 9781580052528
AB - "Nearly fifteen years before the Stonewall Rebellion and the birth of gay liberation came the Daughters of Bilitis (DOB). Like its predominantly gay male counterparts, the Mattachine Society and ONE, Inc., DOB was launched in response to the oppressive antihomosexual climate of the McCarthy era, when lesbian and gay people were arrested, fired from jobs, and had their children taken away simply on the basis of their sexual orientation. It was against this political backdrop that in 1955 a circle of San Francisco women formed a private club where lesbians could meet other lesbians in a safe, affirming setting. A year later, they produced The Ladder, the first ongoing monthly magazine for lesbians. Over the next three decades, what began as a small social group evolved into a national women's organization that counted more than a dozen chapters." "In Different Daughters, Marcia Gallo draws on interviews with former members of DOB, many of whom have never spoken on record before, as well as extensive research in both archival and personal collections. She chronicles how through its leaders, magazine, and international network of activists, the Daughters played a crucial role in creating lesbian identity, visibility, and political strategies in Cold War America - and in the process laid the foundation for today's lesbian and feminist movements."--Jacket.
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